A Wild Promise - Mountaineers Books Web Series

Join us for Mountaineers Books’ November 20th live web event, featuring Debbie Miller, the author of "A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound," and learn how you can help protect this unique coastal wilderness.

Travel alongside author Debbie Miller and photographer Hugh Rose as they hike and kayak from Columbia Glacier to College Fiord, exploring the Nellie Juan–College Fjord Wilderness Study Area, a region set aside for study in 1980, to be followed—it was hoped—by permanent protection from Congress. After almost four decades of being in limbo as a designated wilderness study area, the fate of this spectacular, wild place is now in our hands. Its protection is a gift we can offer generations to come—a promise of wilderness, beauty, and natural diversity that we can, indeed, keep. In this presentation, Debbie will share stories of the unique American heritage of Prince William Sound and the Chugach National Forest, which is under consideration for official wilderness designation.

The presentation will run about 30 minutes, followed by a 30 minute question and answer period. Register today, even if you can’t attend on November 20, and we’ll send you a recording of the event a day or two afterward. Plus, when you register you’ll automatically be entered to win one of three free copies of A Wild Promise!

About the Author:A lover of wild places, Debbie Miller has explored and written about Alaska’s wilderness and wildlife for more than four decades. She is the author of Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Braided River, 2011), On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time Through Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (Braided River, 2012), and numerous award-winning children’s nature books about Alaska.

A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound A real-time online presentation and Q&A November 20, 6:00-7:00pm PST Admission is free

Braided River is the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books, an independent nonprofit publisher based in Seattle. Through photography books that lead to multimedia presentations and exhibitions, Braided River works to protect western North America's remaining public lands. Learn more at braidedriver.org.

The Ocean Foundation is a unique community foundation with the mission to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. Learn more at oceanfdn.org.